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Both women nodded.

"Those of the Southland, or those with a large amount of Southland blood, are born with something called the Wishsong," Aliya explained. "Wish for it, sing for it, and it happens. It comes in varying degrees of effectiveness, of course, like any other magic, but those with a complete mastery of the ancient tongue of the elves, such as Shael or Aragost, can use it to create reality - from something as small as a piece of silverware, so something as complex as a living being."

"Such as the way you're describing Shiro's summoning of Ura," Shael added.

"He seemed ... quite quiet when they were here," Aliya said, puzzled. "I don't recall him saying hardly a word, now that I'm thinking about it. Shiro spoke, certainly, but Ura ... just sort of followed him around. Echoed him once or twice, but didn't seem to ... think of anything on his own."

"Silvrendir was much the same, though," Shael pointed out, "and his intelligence is quite obvious."

"I imagine that might be ... troublesome," Aliya remarked dryly, though she was smiling.

In Kara's arms, Adonijah stirred, waking from his short nap. He rubbed his nose with his fist, then blinked and scratched at his long white hair, then looked up at Kara - and froze, realizing that he wasn't with his mother.



Meanwhile, outside, the group was finishing up with the first swing when a tall boy came through the trees. He was ... well, very very tall - taller than Ryu - and he had shoulder length black hair that was pulled back in a low ponytail. His face was thin and angular, handsome in its own right.

"Adanedhel," he said in a deep voice, "I'm going fishing up the river. Want to come with me?"

Then, as if he had just noticed that there were guests, he smiled at Lin and Ryu. "Oh, hello. Welcome back. Want to come with too, Lin?"

Adan grinned at Lin. "Yeah, come with us!" he encouraged her. "It'll be fun!"

"Hi there," Kara smiled softly at him, "Did you have a good nap?"

She really hoped he wouldn't be too scared, or that he just might remember how he ended up there.

She didn't think she was that scary, but well Adonijah had never seen anyone like her before, or seen her before.

"Would you like to sit here for a while longer?" she tried asking.

Adonijah winced and stared evenly at the angel, his breath coming even faster until suddenly it hitched in the back of his throat and he let out a bit of a whimper.

"He's going to cry again," Alyse sighed, turning her eyes back to her book now that she knew what the outcome would be.

At the sound of his sister's voice, Adonijah looked over in that direction, and caught sight of his mother. Immediately, he reached out his arms in her direction and started calling, "Mama! Mama!"

Aliya sighed. So much for that idea. "He's really got to start going to people other than me," she murmured as she rose and headed in Kara's direction.



Ahren nodded. "I don't even think I saw you the last time you were here," he commented, his expression one of regret. "I was gone with Ada, or you were gone with Aragost or Gwaethir ... so it's been at least six years since I've seen you last."

Of course, now that most of his training was done, he had more free time.

Adan was back with them in an instant. "Okay, let's go!" he grinned, darting between the two and heading towards the river. "It's almost the best time of day to catch fish!"

"Okay," Lin nodded letting Adan lead the way, since she didn't know where they were going to go for fishing anyhow.

She looked back at Ahren, she had missed him while spending time with other people. She was always off with someone, and she had taken to trying to keep up with Gwaethir.

"Yea, there's always something to do."

Kara mused at that, perhaps Adonijah did get his shyness from somewhere. It wasn't just the fact he was a child.

"No? Perhaps he just needs to be around other people more often I guess," Kara mused, "I'm sure he'll grow out of it."